March 29, 2006

McCain/Marriage Amendment

We read with interest that Sen. John McCain was considering a vote in favor of the Federal Marriage Amendment to the constitution. Sen. Bill Frist will call the measure to the Senate floor in June.

But in today's Note, we learn from the intrepid Teddy Davis, who managed to somehow catch up to Rev. Jerry Falwell, that McCain "is not pushing for a federal constitutional ban on gay marriage at this time. Instead, McCain 'reconfirmed' to Falwell during a recent telephone conversation that he would support a federal marriage amendment if the federal courts were to strike down state constitutional bans on gay marriage (like the one McCain is currently backing in his home state of Arizona). 'I think he is genuinely a state's righter and so am I,' Falwell told ABC News."

Posted at 08:59 AM

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